Assorting-machine.



Patented June 23, 1914.

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COLUMBIA PMNOGRAPH C0., WASHINGTGN. D. C.

A. E. GRAVES.

ASSORTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB.19. 1913.

1,101,124. Patented June 28, 1914.

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A. E. GRAVES. ASSORTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 19, 1913.

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CULUMBXA PLANOQRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, D. C.

A. E. GRAVES.

ASSORTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I'ILIJD M1349, 1913.

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A. E. GRAVES.

ASSORTING MACHINE. APPLIoATIoN FILED MAB. 19. 1913.

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ALFRED E. GRAVES, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO PACKAGE CONIEEC-TIONERY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

ASSORTINCT- Application filed Marchl),

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED E. Graves, ofBoston, in the county of Suffolk and State of hflassachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Assorting-lilachines, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being. had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

This invention has reference to improvements in machines for assortingsugar or candy wafers or other articles and for arranging the assortedarticles in stacks which stacks are delivered to a suitable receivingapparatus for a further operation or for transference to anothermechanism in which a further operation is or may be effected.

One object of this invention is to so construct a machine of this naturethat stacks of articles may be progressively formed by the intermittentfeeding of individual articles from different sources of supply and thestack so formed may be delivered without disarrangement of itsconstituent elements.

Another object of this invention is to so construct a machine of thisnature that the stacks of fragile o-r brittle articles may beprogressively formed without shock to the articles so that danger ofbreakage of the articles is practically eliminated.

Another object of the invention is to improve the construction andoperation of the stack forming receptacles.

@ther objects of the invention will appear from the followingdescription.

To attain theA objects ofthis invention recited above and othershereinafter more fully described the invention consists in such novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts as are pointed out inthe following description and recited in the claims.

Referring to the drawings. Figure 1, represents a plan elevation, with aportion indicated by dotted lines, of the upper portion of a machineembodying my invention. 2, represents a fragmentary sectional view,partly in elevation, on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, represents anenlarged fragmentary front elevation of a portion of the machine. Fig.4, represents a fragmentary sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. 5, represents a fragmentary MACHINE.

Patented June 23, 1914.

.a fragmentary frontelevation, partly in section, of same. Fig. 9,represents an enlarged fragmentary detail sectional View on the line 9 9of Fig. 1. Fig. 10, represents a sectional view on the line 10s-10 ofFig. 9. Fig. 11, represents an enlarged fragmentary sectional view,partly in elevation, on the line 11-11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 12, represents asectional view, with parts removed, on the line 12-12 of Fig. 2. Fig.13, is a plan view of one end of a portion of the machine. Fig. 14, is aside elevation of same.

Like reference rcharacters designate corresponding parts throughout.

Secured to the tubular standard 10 which is provided with a base 11, isan annular bracket 12. Supported by the latter, near its periphery, area plurality of vertical wafer containers or stack supports 13, eachconsisting of the base 14, rods 15 and the mouth piece 16. Said wafercontainers are further supported by being secured near their upper ends,to the periphery of the annular bracket 17 fixed to the standard 10. Thewafer fw may beplaced in each of said containers by passing them throughits mouth piece 16 down between its rods 15, through the circularaperture 18 in its base 14 and down onto its feedingmechanism 19.` Allof the latter are alike and each consists of the radially disposedsupporting and guiding plate 2O secured to the top of the bracket 12 andextending through a slot in the base of one of said wafer containers,and the feeding plate 21 which is guided and supported by the plate 20.Pivoted at one end on the lug 22 fixed to the rear end of said feedingplate is the link 23 and the other end' of said link is pivoted on thelower end of the lever 24. The latter is pivoted at 25 on a bracket 26xed to the standard 10 and the upper end of said lever engages theannular groove 27 in the sleeve 28 which is guided by the standto saidsleeve by nuts on its ends. The low'er end of said rod is provided withthe cam roll 32 which is held in engagement with the cani 33 on theshaft 34, hcareinafter described. by gravity, and by the action ot thehelical spring 35. lt will be understood that the rotation of said shaftreciprocates the feeding plate 21 through the cam 33, cam roll 32, rod30, cross bolt 31, sleeve 28, lever 24, link 23 and lug 22 and that saidreciprocation will. be controlled by the contour of said cam. Saidfeeding plate is provided with the circular aperture 36 which, when saidfeeding plate is at the limit ot its inward movement, is directly inline with the waters w contained in the water container 13, and in saidposition, the waters drop by gravity so that the bottom one w will becontained in said aperture and be supported by the plate 20. The outwardmovement ot.' said feeding plate slides this wafer fw on the plate 20until said feeding l plate has reached the limit ot said movement whensaid wafer drops by gravity through the aperture 37 in the plate 20.Normally, directly below each of the apertures 37 is the stack formingwater delivery tube or receptacle 38, pivoted at 39 on the hanger 40which is secured to the annular revolving bracket 41, hereinafterdescribed. Said stack forming water delivery tubes or receptacles arespaced an equal distance apart around said revolving bracket. The latteris adapted to be intermittently rotated on ball bearing 43 between thelower end of its hub 44 and the collar 45 secured to the standard 1.0,by the pawl 46 which engages one ot the notches 47 spaced an equaldistance apart on the under edge of the rim 48 on the bracket 41. (Figs.7 and 8). Said pawl is pivoted on the outer end ot the arm 50 and isnormally held in engagement with one of said notches by the spring 51.The inner end of said arm is supported on the hub 44 ot the bracket 41.(Fig. 2).

The arm 50 is oscillated by the link 52, one end of which is pivoted at53 to said arm and the other end is pivoted to the lever 54. The latteris provided with a pivot pin 55 which engages a slot 55a in a standard56 secured to the bed 58 ot the machine. The pivot end ot said lever ispressed upwardly so that the pivot pin normally engages the top of theslot 56 by the action of the expansion spring 57 which engages the underside of said pivot end and the lug 57a on said standard. The inner endof the horizontal arm of said lever is provided with the cam roll 60which engages the groove in the cam 61 fixed to the shaft 34. Themovement oi" the upper end of the vertical arm of the lever 54 is guidedby the guide bar 61 lixed to the standard 62 projecting from the bed 58.Fixed to the shaft 34 is a cam 63 which is engaged by a cam roll on theinner end ot a idoine@c lever 64. The latter is pivoted at 65 on thestandard 66 which is on the bed 58 and to the outer end of said lever ispivoted the lower end ot the link 67. r] `he upper end ot the latter ispivoted to the lower end ot a lock bolt 68 which passes through and isguided by a casing 69 screwed to a plate 70 secured to the standard 62.The upper end ot said lock bolt, by the action of the spring 7l, whichis attached at one end to the lever 64 and at the other end to thestandard 62, normally engages one of the shaped notches 72 spaced anequal distance apart, around the under side ot the rim 48 on the bracket41.

It will be understood that the lock bolt 68 is moved out of engagementwith the notch 92 by the workingl contour of the cam 63 through its camroll, lever 64 and link 67. Immediately after the lock bolt 68 is movedout of engagement with the notch 72 the bracket 41 is rotated in thedirection of the arrow shown in Fig. 8 by the pawl 46 through the arm50, link 52, lever 54, cam roll 60 and cam 61, until the next notch 72has been moved into the path of said lock bolt, when the latter isallowed by the cam 63 to be moved into said notch by the action of thespring 71. Simultaneously with the completion of the last movement, thepawl 46 comes to rest and on the return movement disengages from thenotch 47 against the action ot the spring 51 and at the limit of thereturn movement it snaps into the next notch. The lateral movement ofsaid pawl .is controlled by the cam 61. It is to be understood that themovements ot the bracket 41 are equal and that after each movement it isrigidly held stationary. The outer end of the arm 50 may be supported bythe pawl 46 bearing on the supporting bar 74 which is formed on theplate 70.

Projecting from the bottom ot the stack forming receptacle 38 is thehanger 76 and extending through the latter and through said bottom isthe plunger 77 consisting of the head 78 made of felt or other resilientmaterial and the elongated rod 79 provided with the reduced portion 80near its end which forms shoulders 81. Supporting a majority oit' saidplunger-s is the annular inclined track 77a, on the highest end 77b ofwhich is pivoted the guiding lever 78a at 78". (Figs. 1, 2, 13 and 14.)The inner end of said lever is normally sustained in the position shownin Fig. 13 by the spring 7 8C. Secured to the hanger 76 is the bracket82 provided with the stud 83 which is adapted to be received by theelbow slot 84 in the lever 85, the lower end ot which is pivoted on abracket 86 projecting from the bed 58 ot the machine. Pivoted on saidlever is one end of the link 87, the other end of which is pivoted onthe lever 88 which is pivoted on the bracket 89 on the bed of themachine.

Said lever is provided with the cam roll 90 which engages the groove inthe barrel cam 91 on the shaft 34. Nhen the stud 83 has been moved intothe path of the elbow slot 84 in the lever 85, in the manner hereinafterdescribed, the latter is swung inwardly, causing said slot to engage thestud 83 thereby swinging said receptacle 38 on its pivot 39 from itsnormally vertical position to a horizontal position.

Fixed to the bracket 12 is the guiding plate 95 which is adapted toreceive slots in the end of said receptacle 38 during the lattersoscillating movementand it is cut away at 96 to allow said receiving'tube to be moved about the standard 10. Near the completion of thedownward oscillation of saidreceptacle 38, the end 80 of the plunger rod79 engages a recessed lug 97 on the carriage 98. The latter is supportedand guided by a bar99 supported by the standard 10 and on its under edgeis the rack 1.00 which meshes withthe gear segment 10-1. The latter ispivoted on the bracket 102 and is oscillated by the arm 103, lilik 104,lever 105 pivoted on the bracket 106, the cam roll 107 on said leverengaging the groove in the barrel cam 108 on the shaft 34 with theassistance of the spring 109 which is connected at one end to the lever105 and at the other end to the bracket 102. After the end of the rod 79engages the recess in the lug 97 the carriage 98 is moved forward by thesegment 101 and said lug engages the shoulder 81, thereby causing saidplunger to move forward with said carriage.

When a receptacle 38 is about to receive its first wafer its plunger issupported by the end 77b of the track 77a, so that the head of saidplunger is slightly below the open end of said receptacle and as thewafers drop into said receptacle said plunger is allowed to graduallydrop b v the incline of said track and when said receptacle is filledits plunger slides from the lower end 77c of said track. The distancethatsaid plunger drops while sliding on said track from one feedingmechanism 19 to another is equal to the thickness of a wafer. As thehead of a plunger supports the wafers after they have entered areceptacle the gradual drop of said plunger will equalize and minimizethe distance that said wafers drop from a feeding mechanism 19 into saidreceptacle. Vhen a plunger reaches the lever 78 it swings said lever inthe direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 13 which allows said receptacleto be swung into its horizontal position and its plunger forced forward,as hereinbefore described. During the latter movement of said receptacleits plunger disengages from said lever which allows the latter to bereturned to its initial position by the spring 78C. The carriage 98 ismoved back by the same mechanism as accomplished its forward movementand during the first part of said back movement it carries said plungerwith it until the head of said plunger has passed the end of the guidingplate 95 when said plunger is disengaged from said carriage and is swungdownwardly by the lever 85. rJhe inner arm of the lever 78a is ofsuflicient length to be engaged by the end of Said plunger during thelatter movement of said delivery tube and issuitably curved to sustainsaid plunger in the same relative position to said receptacle as it waswhen disengaged from said carriage. ris said lever is in effec-t acontinuation of the highest end of said track, said plunger will rideonto said track while said receptacle is moving` to receive its firstwafer. The rib 77d, on said track and the stops 38a fixed to the bracket41 sustain said receptacles and plungers in a substantially verticalposition while the latter rides on said track.

1Vhen the receptacle 38 is in a horizontal position its open end extendsslightly into and is in line with the semi-cylindrical. delivery tray111. The latter consists of two elongated leaves 112 and 113 with theirouter edges secured to rods 114 and 115, respectively, which are pivotedin the end plates 116 and 117. The end plate 117 is recessed to allow afree passage from said receptacle 38 into said tray and is secured tothe cross bar 118 which is fixed to two standards 119 projecting fromthe bed of the machine. The leaves 112 and 113 are held normally, closedby leaf springs 120 fixed to the cross bar 118 and bearing against theends of arms 121 on the rear ends of the rods 114 and 115. (Figs. 3, 5and 6.)

Fixed at one end to the bracket 122 projecting from the end plate 117 isthe stationary rod 123 and the other end of said rod is fixed to thebracket 124 projecting from the end plate 116. Mounted and adapted toslide on the rod 123 is a sleeve 125, provided with a bracket 126 whichextends into the tray 111. On the inner end of said bracket is the pad127 and the vertical plate 128 having the inclined edge 129. The pad 127is moved toward the receiving end of the tray 111 by the weight 132conneoted by the cord 133 to the stud 134 projecting from the sleeve125. Said cord passes over a pulley 135 on the bracket 136 projectingfrom the cross bar 118. Secured to one of the bars 137, which connectthe end plates 116 and 117, is the vertical frame 138 provided with lugs139. Extending thro-ugh and guided by said lugs are rods 140, the lowerends of which carry the discharge member 141 and the upper ends aresecured to the cross bar 142 and to the upper eX- tremitiesof the waferguiding plates 143 and 144. The discharge member 141 is reciprocated bythe link 145 connecting the cross bar 142 to the arm 146 fixed totheshaft 147 which is journaled in brackets 148 projecting from the frame138. On the rear end of said shaft is secured the arm 149 con nected bythe link 15() to the lever 151. The latter is pivoted on the bracket 152projecting from the bed plate 50, and is provided with the cam roll 153which is held in engagement with the cam 154 on the shaft 34, by thespring (Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 12.)

The shaft 34 is journaled in bearings 157 and may be driven by anysuitable driving and clutching means, e. g., in Fig. 2 is shown thecontinually rotating gear 158 loosely mounted on the rear end of saidshaft and provided with sockets 159 which are adapted to receive thestud 160 projecting from the arm 161 pivoted on said shaft. The stud 160is thrown into engagement with one of the sockets 159, thereby forcingsaid shaft to rotate with said gear, by the spring 162. The lever 163 ispivoted on the base 11 and its lower arm is connected by the rod 164 tothe foot lever 165. The upper end of the lever 163 is provided with aninclined surface 166 which is normally held in the path of the end ofthe arm 161 by the spring 167. When the end of the arm 161 strikes theinclined surface 166 it is thrown out of engagement with the gear 153and rides down on said inclined surface until it engages the stop 166which prevents further rotation oi' said shaft. It is to be understoodthat in order to operate the machine the end of the lever 163 must bethrown out of the path or the end of the arm 161 and this isaccomplished through the link 164 and foot lever 165.

As all the feeding mechanisms 19 operate simultaneously, it is advisableto first load with wafers in the manner hereinbei'ore described, thewafer container 13a which deposits the first wafer in the receptacle 3Sand then after the feeding devices have operated once, to load the nextwafer container 13" and so on, so that when each receptacle 38 reachesthe delivery tray 111 a wafer has been deposited therein by eachdelivery mechanism from its wafer container or stack holder. (Fig. 1).It is to be understood that the number of wafers deposited in eachreceptacle will depend upon the number ot wafer containers that areloaded. The drawings show four more receptacles than vater containersbut it is obvious that only one more receptacle than wafer container isnecessary. Then a delivery tube has received a wafer from each of saidwafer containers and has reached the delivery tray 111 it is swung downinto its horizontal position and the forward movement of the plunger 77slides the stack of wafers from said delivery tube into said deliverytray against the pad 127 which sustains each wafer in an uprightposition. At the completion of the forward stroke of said plunger itshead extends slightly beyond the vertical plane of the guiding plate 144and the inclined surface 29 of the plate 28 is in a position to beengaged by the guiding plate 143. Then said guiding plates and thedischarge member 141 move downwardly, the guiding plate 143 engaging theinclined surface 29 which moves the pad 127 suificiently away from saidwafers to allow said guiding plate to pass between said pad and saidwafers and the guiding plate 144 forces the head 78 sufiiciently awayfrom said wafers to allow said guiding plate to pass between said wafersand said head. The plunger 77 is then moved back and the delivery tubeis swung up into its vertical position. During the latter movement thedischarge member engages the column of wafers and Forces them to openand to pass down between the leaves 112 and 113 of the delivery tray 111against the action or' the springs 120. (Fig. 4). The guiding plates 143and 144, as they move with the delivery member 141, prevent lateralmovement of said wafers. On the table 170 secured to the standard 119may be supported a suitable receptacle for receiving the wafers. Inorder that the discharge member 141 will not injure the waters the dwell171 on the contour ci the cam 154 retards the downward movement of saiddischarge member when about to engage said wafers.y After the latteroperation, the dis charge mechanisms return to their initial positionsready to receive and discharge the column of wafers from the nextreceiving tube.

1f the bracket 41 is forced to rotate after a wafer has becomeaccidentally dislodged or a part of the machine has got out of order,serious damage may result and for this reason it is desirable not torotate said bracket after it is thus hindered. In view of this, thepivot pin 55, on the lever 54, the slot in the standard 56 and thespring 57, hereinbeiore described are provided, so that when more thanthe usual amount of power is required to rotate the bracket 41, the link52 will not be moved longitudinally, as is required to rotate thebracket 41, but will be swung downwardly on its pivot 175, as the pivotend of the lever 54 will move downwardly by overcoming the expansion ofthe spring 57. (Fig. 8.)

lVhile I have herein disclosed a single embodiment of my invention, itis to be understood, that it is but one of many which might be employedand still be within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention I claifn as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. An asserting machine comprising a circular seriesof stack holders, a stack forming receptacle, a rotary carrier for saidreceptacle, means for operating said, carrier, and

means for transferring art-icles in succession from said stack holdersto said receptacle.

2. An assorting machine comprising a circular series of stack holders, astack forming receptacle, a rotary carrier for said receptacle, andintermittently operating means related to each of said stack holders fortransferring articles in succession from each of said holders to saidreceptacle.

3. An assorting machine comprising a circular series of staclr holders,a stack forming receptacle, a rotary carrier for said receptacle, andintermittently operating means for moving the loyvermost article in saidholders in succession edgevvise from said holder to a delivery pointabove said receptacle whereby said article is delivered flat- Wise intosaid receptacle.

4. An assorting machine comprising a circular' series of stack holderseach having a laterally extending guide, a series of feed devicesslidable in said guides, means for operating said feed devices, a.traveling stack forming receptacle to which said feed devices deliver,and means for moving said receptacle.

5. An assorting machine comprising a circular series of radiallyextending guides, a series of feed devices slidable in said guides andhaving provision for receiving a. single article, a series of stackholders mounted each above one of said guides, means fo-r operating saidguides in succession, a traveling stack receptacle receiving from saidfeed devices in succession, and means for moving said receptacle.

6. An assorting machine comprising a circular series of stack holders, atraveling stack forming receptacle having means for forming a stack ofvariable height, means delivering from said holders to said receptacle,and operating means for said receptacle and for said delivery means.

7. An assorting machine comprising a series of vertical stack holders,article feeding means therefor, a traveling stack forming receptaclehaving a retractive article supporting device, means for operating saidreceptacle, and means related to said support-ing device for limitingits retractive movement.

8. An assorting machine comprising a series of vertical stack holders,article feeding means therefor, a traveling vertical stack formingreceptacle having a retractive article sustaining device, means forintermittently ope-rating said article feeding means and said receptaclerelatively, and means related to said sustaining device for permittingthe gradual retractive movement of said sustaining device duringtraveling movement of said receptacle.

9. An assorting machine comprising a traveling stack forming receptaclehaving a retractive article sustaining device, means `for deliveringarticles to such receptacle,

means acting to limit` the retractive move'- v ment of said sustainingdevice during a part of the travel of said receptacle, means foradvancing said sustaining means to its initial point of location, andmeans for operating said receptacle.

10. An assorting machine comprising a stack forming receptacle havingretractive article sustaining neans, a series of article delivery meansdelivering in succession to such receptacle, and means related to suchsustaining means for limiting the retractive movement of said sustainingmeans relative to the operation of said delivery means.

11. An assorting machine comprising a traveling stack forming receptaclehaving retractive article sustaining means, a series of article carryingmeans delivering to said receptacle, means for operating saidreceptacle, and means for limiting the retractive movement of saidsustaining means, said limiting means permitting the gradual ret-ractionof said sustaining means Without shock.

12. An assorting machine comprising a circular series of vertical stackholders, article feed devices therefor delivering at points locatedlaterally from said holders, a vertical stack forming receptacle adaptedto receive in succession at such points of delivery a rotatable carrieron Which said receptacle is mounted, a plunger slidable in saidreceptacle, and an inclined Way for limit-ing the movement of saidplunger.

13. An assorting machine comprising a circular series of stacksupport-s, a rotatable carrier, a circular series of stack formingreceptacles mounted on said carrier, means for feeding articles fromsaid supports to said receptacles, means for operating all of saidfeeding means in unison, and means for intermittently operating saidcarrier.

14e. An assorting machine comprising a circular series of vertical stackholders, a series of feed devices therefor, a rotatable carrier locatedbelow said stack holders, a series of stack forming receptacles mountedon said carrier, a plunger slidable in each of said receptacles, acircular inclined Way on which members of said plungers travel, andorganized mechanism for intermittent-ly rotating said carrier and foroperating said feed devices.

15. An assorting machine comprising a series of stack supports, acarrier movable` With respect to said supports, a stack formingreceptacle pivot-ally mounted on Vsaid carrier, means for feedingarticles in succession from said supports to said receptacle, andorganized operating means.l

16. An assorting machine comprising a means for feeding articles insuccession from said supports to said receptacle, a receiver, mea-ns foreffecting the swinging of said receptacle toward said receiver, andorganized ope lating means 17. An asserting machine comprising a seriesof stack supports, a traveling stack forming receptacle pivotallymounted and having a slidable plunger, means for feeding articles fromsaid supports to said receptacle, means for limiting the retractivemovement of said plunger, means for swinging said receptacle, and meansfor projecting said plunger to eject the contents of said receptacle.

18. An asserting machine comprising a circular series of stack holders,a series of feed devices therefor, a rotatable carrier, a series ofstack forming receptacles pivotally mounted on said carrier and adaptedto receive articles from said feed devices, plungers slidable in saidreceptacles, means for limiting progressively the retractive movement ofsaid plungers, and a single means operating to engage and swing saidreceptacles at one point in the rotation of said carrier.

19. An asserting machine comprising a circular series of stack supports,a stack receiver fixed with relation to the circle of said supports, apivotally mounted traveling stack forming receptacle, means for feedingarticles from said supports to said receptacle, means `forintermittently operating said receptacle, means located adjacent saidstack receiver for swinging said receptacles, and means for ejecting theformed stack from said receptacle on to said stack receiver.

20. An assorting machine comprising a circular series of stack supports,a rotary carrier, a series of stack forming receptacles pivotallymounted on said carrier, plungers slidable in said receptacle, aninclined circular way on which said plungers travel and having anopening between its high and low points, means for swinging saidreceptacles, means for projecting said plungers, and means for guidingsaid plungers on to the high point of said circular way.

21. An asserting machine comprising a traveling stack forming receptaclepivotally mounted, a plunger slidable in said receptacle, means forlimiting the retractive movement of said plunger, means for effectingthe swinging of said receptacle, means for projecting said plunger whilethe receptacle is in a horizontal position, and a guide for engagingsaid plunger and preventing its retraction during the recovery movementof said receptacle.

22. An asserting machine comprising a rotary carrier, means foroperating said carrier intermittently, a series of stack formingreceptacles pivotally mounted on'said carrier, plungers slidable in saidcarriers,

an inclined circular Way on which said plungers travel, a projectingdevice for said plungers located adjacent the low point of said way, aguide for engaging said plungers when projected to guide them to thehigh point oit said way, a receiver and means for swinging saidreceptacles toward said receiver.

23. ln an asserting machine of the nature described a traveling stackforming receptacle pivotally mounted and having an engageable member, alever pivotally mounted and out of engagement with said member, meansfor swinging said lever at times into engagement with said memberl toeffect the swinging oli said receptacle and mechanism adapted to bebrought into operation after said receptacle is swung to eject thecontents thereof.

24. In an assorting machine of the nature described a traveling stackforming receptacle mounted to swing and having a slidable stacksustaining member, means for swinging said receptacle to the horizontalposition, and means operating to project said plunger when saidreceptacle is so swung.

25. An asserting machine comprising a rotary carrier having a series ofradially eX- tending brackets, frames pivotally mounted on said bracketsand having engageable members, receptacles mounted on said frames, apivoted arm adapted when swung to engage said frame member to effect theswinging of said frame, mechanism for effecting the intermittentrotation of said carrier, a receiver adapted to receive from saidreceptacle when swungand means operated by said mechanism forintermittently swinging said pivoted arm.

26. An asserting machine comprising a rotary carrier having a series ofradially eX- tending` brackets, frames pivotally mounted on saidbrackets and having engageable members, receptacles mounted on saidframes, plungers slidable in said receptacles, a pivot arm adapted toengage said frame member to eect the swinging of said iframe7 a plungerprojecting mechanism, driving means for effecting the intermittentrotation of said carrier, means operated by said driving forintermittently swinging said arm, and means operated by said drivingmeans for intermittently actuating said plunger projecting mechanism.

27. An assorting machine comprising a pivotally mounted traveling stackforming receptacle having a slidable ejector, means for swinging saidreceptacle, a receiver positioned to receive a stack of articles fromsaid receptacle, and means for operating said ejector when thereceptacle is swung to eject a stack of articles from said receptacle onto said receiver.

28. An assorting machine comprising a pivotaily mounted stack receptaclehaving force a stack of articles sustained by said a siidable ejector, areceiver positioned reiamembers between said members in oppositive tothe swinging of said receptacle, and tion to the resistance of thesprings thereof. 10

comprising a pair of spring resisted mov- ALFRED E. GRAVES. able stackreceiving members, means for Witnesses:

swinging said receptacle, means for operat- HENRY J. MILLER,

ing said ejector, and means operating to l ESTHER C. MURPHY.

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